Global Supply Planner

Motorola Solutions; George Town; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Motorola Solutions in Penang, Malaysia, is seeking an experienced Supply Assurance professional to join our Global Supply Chain team. You will run and participate in supply resilience reviews with Category Managers and the Executive team, drive gating items to resolution, and collaborate with Purchasing, Suppliers, Engineering and Finance to reduce lead-times and secure critical materials.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Business/Management and at least 5 years in procurement, with strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business/Management or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years in procurement, purchasing or materials roles within a Supply Chain.
• Strong operational purchasing background and stakeholder communication.
• Experience with Oracle MRP and supplier collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Run and participate in supply resilience reviews with Category Managers and Exec teams.
• Drive gating items to resolution with Purchasing, Category Teams, Suppliers and Engineering.
• Identify options to resolve lead-times, including alternate suppliers and expedited freight.
• Support long-term forecasting and communication to teams.

Skills

Procurement experience

Supplier management

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business/Management

Tools

Oracle MRP

Electronic supplier tools

Job description

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Global Supply Assurance Job Description

• Runs and participates in Supply Resilience reviews with the Category Managers and Executive teams
• Understand key products impacting each business, key Customers, and what is preventing our suppliers from building
• Drives each gating item to resolution with both the Purchasing teams, Category Teams, Suppliers, Engineering, and Exec team
• Looks at all possible options to resolve including: distribution, Alternative suppliers, Expedited freight, etc
• Understands current Lead-Times and what the long pole is for our key suppliers, drives to reduce these Lead-times
• Works with the Business Teams to understand both short and long-term forecast and the communication to the teams.
• Participates in driving potential alternate suppliers
• Understands key shortages both short and long term.
• Drives overall shortage Metrics
• Provides training to sites on escalation guidelines, monitoring to make sure the teams are following the guidelines
• Effectively communicates long-term supply concerns, drives solutions
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Requirements

• Candidate must have at least a Bachelor's Degree in Business/Management or equivalent from an accredited college or university
• Minimum 5 years of experience working in purchasing, procurement, materials position(s) in a Supply Chain organization.
• Strong operational Purchasing, Procurement background required
• Good written and verbal communication to our suppliers and internal
• Experience using Oracle MRP and electronic supplier collaboration tools
• Motivated and energetic to accomplish task and goals
• Strong negotiation, analytical, communication, relationship and organization skill
• Able to develop and collaborate solutions to Motorola internal customer
• Relationship builder, strong customer service focus and change Agent
• Ability to work with minimal supervision &strong execution
• Focus Flexible to support multiple time zone and working with people of various cultures.
• Flexibility to support across different time zone Travel Requirements None Relocation Provided None

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS OVERVIEW

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Learn more at www.motorolasolutions.com.